For now, here are the basic differences between copyediting and proofreading.Ĭopyediting is undertaken earlier in the editing process.
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But if there’s interest, I can do another post next year on how to decipher a proofread manuscript. It’s simpler to understand, and you’ll still be able to apply this knowledge to proofing.
For this post, I’m going to focus on copyediting markup. Copyediting and proofreading use most of the same editing symbols, but their placement and practical use is quite different. Did you know that there’s a difference between copyediting and proofreading? Well, there is. This post should still be useful, regardless).įirst, some editing basics. In this post, I’ll give you a rundown of the most common editorial markup, and show you how to use/read it (I should, at this point, insert a disclaimer that I’m Australian, and I got my editing degree in Australia-while editing markup is the same in both countries, it is possible that there are minor differences I don’t know about. Once you know the basics, you’ll find that these symbols are actually extremely useful-both to decipher what your editor wants from you, or to use when proofing your own work by hand. As it happens, these are not arcane symbols, or their version of cursing you out in secret editor language.
You know, the weird symbols that editors scrawl in pen or pencil above your nice typed lines, or in the margins.
Recently, I’ve encountered a few writer friends having small panic attacks because they’ve received notes from their editors that contain copyediting markup.
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